A little pulsing and strumming to clear the hot spots ....
For the tails, I folded the cotton over, and cut them even with the bottom of the juice wells ....
Fluffed, and tucked, never stuffed .....
Because I've purchased from Joe at
Royal Vapes over the years, and picked up the 25v3 from him, I decided to use THREE of his excellent juices for this review, (Custard Loops, Raspberry Custard, and Ice Cream Wafers) ....
Saucing the coil ....
YES, hehe, this WAS going to be GOOD .....
While generous the dual fill ports weren't quite big enough to FULLY accommodate Cosmo twist tops (they still worked), using needle tips were no issue, You could ALMOST get a feel for how the reflective tinting looked on the glass (black only, not stainless steel models), As with ALL gravity fed tanks, shutting OFF the juice flow before filling is the way to go ....
Oh yes, it IS go time ....
**Testing and Usage:**
While I was disappointed that there were no coils, or instructions included, setup, loading and using was pretty easy. The juiceflow port while not very visible when using the bubble glass, was easily viewable when using the straight tank, and after realizing the
counter clockwise direction
CLOSED the juice flow, as well as
OPENED the twist top (and the
clockwise direction OPENED the juice flow, and
CLOSED the top cap), physically needing to SEE the flow ports wasn't needed. The added 2ml capacity of the bubble glass was nice, but even with the better looking (IMHO), 4ml straight glass, filling was a non issue, and it wasn't overly juice hungry. The minimal branding, and monolithic look of it was RIGHT up my alley, as I'd rather focus on flavor, rather than flashy flash, bling, bling. Wicking was surprisingly stupid simple, using both single, and dual coils, with only minor thinning required with dual coils/tails. I never had any dry hits, leaking, flooding of any kind, across NUMEROUS fills. Airflow was fairly open at full bore, with only minor restriction. Flavor was OFF THE CHARTS good on this one, and it was actually SOO GOOD using a single 3.0mm I.D. coil, that when switching to dual 2.5mm I.D. coils, the flavor DID improve, but not dramatically. YES, you read that right. The reflective glass, while almost impossible to photograph, and partially obscuring the juice flow ports with the bubble glass, WAS a solid addition to the overall stealthy look of the 25v3.
**Pros:**
* First rate design, and machining
* STUPIDLY good flavor
* Single, or dual coils performed excellently, with a minor nudge to the duals
* Stealthy, monolithic looks with minimal branding
* Twist off cap rendered a NON-issue by the use of fat/thick o-rings
* Simple juice flow, and air flow controls, with stops at full bore, and closed
* Build deck easy to build on, and only got tight(er) with large(r) dual coils
**Cons:**
* The mirror tinting can partially obstruct the visibillity of the juice flow ports when using the bubble glass
* Lack of knurling makes some adjustments hard, but only when using the bubble glass
* No coils, or instructions included
**Conclusion:**
Flavor, flavor, and MORE flavor people. There's no other way to put it. Rich, dense, and accurate, across ALL the spectrums I tested, and I TRIED to make it fail. I've tested a LOT of devices, and some while producing a lot of flavor, weren't really ACCURATE. Meaning they didn't reproduce ALL of it, or changed it, when compared to my testing rig. The 25v3 reproduced EVERYTHING I threw at it, and just laughed. This was using a SINGLE COIL at that !!!! Yes, the flavor did increase somewhat when switching to dualies, but I was surprised that it was nowhere near what I had expected. The single 3.0mm I.D. clapton had such good flavor, I almost didn't want to remove it. I've seen builds where people had the coils much higher up, but I chose to keep mine lower, and almost encased or surrounded by the airflow ports, and it just, plain worked. I cannot stress how rich, and good the flavor was off of this RTA.
Minor take-offs for no knurling on the adjustments, but that was only an issue with the fatter bubble glass. The kick-ass reflective tinting DID slightly obscure the juice flow ports, BUT, again, only when using the bubble glass. With stupidly good flavor, across every juice I tested, and a simple to wick setup, it was as easy, and satisfying of an experience as I've ever had with an RTA, and that's saying something.
I try to not "highly recommend" things too often, and withhold that, for just the BEST of the BEST, but I'm going to HAVE to play that card here and now. If you like flavor, and in a somewhat smaller footprint, you should RUN, not walk to buy a COUPLE of these while you can. Mark really knocked it out of the park with this one, and for my tastes, I prefer it over the 30v2 LE that I have. HIGHLY recommended.
As promised, below are the juices that I used for the entire review, from Joe over at Royal Vapes, who also has the 25v3 in stock for you UK'ers.
**Linkage:**
The long awaited 25mm v3 is in stock ready to ship! The Voltrove 25mm v3 is a true 25mm RTA for flavour junkies, but can chuck them with the best as well. Single or stacked tube, DNA or PWM, it's ready to rock. Specs: - 304 stainless steel construction. - 810 Wide bore, shorty Delrin drip tip. -...
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Royal Vapes has done it once again! We have put our own spin on the oh-so-famous Loops. But guess what..... We've only gone and added a dash of our famous Royal Custard in the mix. Yeah, we did again!
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Now introducing that Sweet Sweet creamy juice with a fresh raspberry taste that will leave a light tart punch on the exhale, a profile that berry lovers should jump on.
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One of the newest and most popular flavours in the Royal line, Ice Cream Wafers, its a Vanilla Ice cream with a rich wafer flavour added to the mix........
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If you are in need of great coils to go WITH your new 25v3, don't hesitate to stop on over to Coil Clout. While I was finishing this review,
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Snagged up a batch of the brand-new Voltrove 25mm v3 RTA and MAN are they in-freaking-credible. We even have SPARE GLASS TANKS available in all colors and sizes for all the Voltrove RTAsAll orders in the USA over $50.00 ARE SHIPPED ENTIRELY FOR FREE!SAVE 10% STOREWIDE at the checkout by using...
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**Colors:**
Black (with mirrored tinted glass tanks)
Stainless Steel
Alright, alright, enough of this flavor chucking love fest. I DID try and compress this review down, but, hehe, it was hard to do. If you have managed to make it, down here, to the END, I salute, and thank you.
You DESERVE some Bonus Shots.
**Bonus:**
S.D.
